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If this isn’t a Jones fracture then what is it?

Long story short I fell in a ditch ended up at the emergency room and told i had a fracture of the 5th metatarsal. Er dr mentioned jones fracture. Later that week i went to see 2 speciliasts who both said this isn’t a jones fracture but I came very close to that area. They gave me a boot to my knee and told me to not bear any weight for 4 weeks and to come back for an x Ray then. They also said this injury takes 6-8 weeks and it is not an avulsion fracture either. So my question is what type of fracture is this then? Picture of my x ray won't attach...

Its probably a base of 5th met fracture
A jones fracture is when the base of 5th met fracture that is transverse through the metatarsal - a few centimeters from the base of the metatarsal.
There are many other different types of fractures at the base of the 5th met